The Governments of the following States had observers at the Conference:
Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua

The International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization and
the International Atomic Energy Agency were represented at the Conference
in a consultative capacity.

The following organizations were represented at the Conference by observers:

A - Inter-govemmental organizations

Commission of the European Communities
Council of Europe
European Conference of Ministers of Transport
International Institute for the Unification of Private Law
League of Arab States
Organization for the Collaboration of Railways
Nordic Council

B - Non-governmental organizations

European Insurance Committee
International Association for the Prevention of Road Accidents
International Chamber of Commerce
International Commission on Illumination
International confederation of Free Trade Unions
International Criminal Police Organization
International Federation of Christian Trade Unions
International Federation of Senior Police Officers
International Organization for Standardization
International Permanent Bureau of Motor Cycle Manufacturers
International Permanent Bureau of Motor Manufacturers
International Road Federation
International Road Transport Union
International Union of Official Travel Organizations
International Union of Public Transport
International Union of Railways
League of Red Cross Societies
World Federation of Trade Unions
World Touring and Automobile Organization

3. The conference had before it and used as a basis for discussion a draft
Convention on Road Traffic and a draft Convention on Road Signs and Signals
prepared by the Secretary-General.

4. On the basis of its deliberations, as recorded in the summary records
of its plenary meetings and in the summary records of the decisions of its
main committees, the Conference prepared and opened for signature a Convention
on Road Traffic and a Convention on Road Signs and Signals.

5. In addition, the Conference adopted by acclimation the following resolution
entitled

A tribute to the Government
and People of the Republic of Austria

The United Nations Conference
on Road Traffic, at the end of its work in Vienna on 7 November 1968,
wishes to express its
profound gratitude to
the people and Government of Austria and to the City of Vienna
for the kind and generous hospitality granted to all delegates at the
Conference.

In witness whereof the undersigned representatives have signed this Final
Act.

Done at Vienna this eighth day of November one thousand nine hundred and
sixty-eight in a single copy in the Chinese, English, French, Russian and
Spanish languages, each text authentic. The original will be deposited with
the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who will send certified copies
to each of the Governments invited to send representatives to the Conference.

1.Contracting Parties shall recognize:
(a) Any domestic driver's license drawn up in their national language
or in one of their national languages, or, if not drawn up in such a language,
accompanied by a certified translation;
(b) Any domestic drivers license conforming to the provisions of Annex
6 to this Convention; and
(c) Any international drivers license conforming to the provisions
of Annex 7 to this Convention, as valid for driving in their territories
a vehicle coming within the categories covered by domestic drivers license,
provided that the license is still valid and that it was issued by another
Contracting Party or subdivision thereof or by an association duly answered
thereto by such other Contracting Party. The provisions of this paragraph
shall not apply to learner-driver permits.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph:
(a) Where the validity of the driving license is made subject by special
endorsement to the condition that the holder shall wear certain devices or
that the vehicle shall be equipped in a certain way to take account of the
drivers disability, the license shall not be recognized as valid unless those
conditions are observed;
(b) Contracting Parities may refuse to recognize the validity in their
territories of driving licenses held by persons under sixteen years of age;
(c) Contracting Parties may refuse to recognize the validity in their
territories, for the driving of motor vehicles or combinations or vehicles
in categories C, D and E referred to in Annexes 6 and 7 to this Convention,
of driving licenses held by persons under twenty-one years of age.

3. Contracting Parties undertake to adopt such measures as may be necessary
to ensure that the domestic and international drivers licenses referred
to the in subparagraphs 1(a). (b) and (c) of this Article are not issues
in their territories without a reasonable guarantee of the drivers aptitude
and physical fitness.

4. For the purpose of the application of paragraph 1 and sub-paragraph 2
(c) of this Article:
(a) A motor vehicle of the category B referred to in Annexes 6 and
7 to this Convention may be coupled to a light trailer, it may also be coupled
to a trailer whose permissible maximum weight exceeds 750 kg (1,650 LB) but
does not exceed the unloaded with of the motor vehicle if the combined permissible
maximum weights of the vehicles so couple does not exceed 3,500 kg (7,700
LB);
(b) A motor vehicle of the category C or of the category D referred to in
Annexes 6 and 7 to this convention may be coupled to a light trailer without
the resultant combination ceasing to belong to category C or category D.

5. An international drivers license shall be issued only to the holder
of a domestic driver's license for the issue of which the minimum condition
lad down in the Convention has been fulfilled. It shall not be valid after
the expiry of the corresponding domestic driver's license.

Article 42

Suspension of the validity of driver's licenses

1. Contracting Parties or sub-divisions thereof may withdraw from a driver
the right to use his domestic or international driver's license in their
territories if he commits in their territories a breach of their regulations
rendering him liable under their legislation's to the forfeiture of his license.
In such a case the competent authority of the Contracting Party or sub-division
thereof withdrawing the right to use the permit may:
(a) Withdrawal and retain international drivers license until the period
of the withdrawal of use expires or until the holder leaves its territory,
whichever is the earlier;
(b) Notify the withdrawal of the right to use international driver's license,
or domestic driver's license to the authority by or on behalf of which the
license issued;
(c) In the case of an international drivers license, enter in the space
provided for the purpose an endorsement to the effect that the license is
no longer valid in its territories;
(d) Where it has not applied the procedure for which provision in made in
sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph, supplement the communication referred
to tin sub-paragraph (b) by requesting the authority which issued the license,
or on behalf of which the license was issued, to notify the person concerned
of the decision taken with regard to him.

2. Contracting Parties shall endeavor to notify the persons concerned of
the decisions communicated to them in accordance with the procedure laid
down in paragraph 1(d) of this Article.

3. Nothing in this Convention shall be constructed as prohibiting Contracting
Parties or sub-divisions thereof from preventing a driver holding a domestic
or international drivers license from driving if its is evident or proved
that his condition is such that he is unable to drive safely or if the right
to drive has been withdrawn from him in the State in which he has his normal
residence.

Article 43

Transitional provisions

International driver's license conforming to the provisions of the Convention
on Road Traffic done at Geneva on 19 September 1949 and issued within a period
of five years from the date of the entry into force of this Convention in
accordance with Article 47, paragraph 1 thereof shall be accorded, for the
purposes of Article 41 and 42 of this Convention, the same treatment as the
international drivers licenses provided for in this Convention.